NHS waited two days before raising alarm about meningitis outbreak

Hugh PymHealth editor, BBC News Getty Images New league tables rating the performance of NHS trusts in England have been published for the first time, with specialist hospitals taking the top slots. Number one is Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, followed by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and cancer centre the Christie…

Coffee sold at Dollar General has been recalled across 48 states, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. The coffee may contain glass, which could cause serious injuries if consumed. Check if your coffee is part of the recall, and discard it immediately if it is. The recall affects three lots of Clover Valley Instant…

Papworth invented a technique, called Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD), for retrieving hearts from donors whose life support systems have been switched off, which now makes up about a quarter of all heart transplants in the UK. The work was, however, funded by the hospital’s charity, rather than the NHS.